Trust and totalitarianism: Some suggestive examples

Journal of Social Philosophy

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 149-163

  Govier, Trudy ^a  

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EID: 84878658641     PISSN: 00472786     EISSN: 14679833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9833.1996.tb00258.x     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. Julian Rotter, "Interpersonal Trust, Trustworthiness and Gullibility," American Psychologist 35 (1980), pp. 1-7.
2. For an example of a recommendation that we should trust, more see Alex C. Michalos, "The Impact of Trust on Business, International Security, and the Quality of Life," Journal of Business Ethics 9(1990), pp. 619-38;
3. for an argument that such advice is unwise in "negative societies," see Trudy Govier, "Is It a Jungle Out There? Trust, Distrust, and the Construction of Social Reality," in Dialogue (Canada), 1994.
4. Adam Ulam, quoted in V. Tismaneanu, The Crisis of Marxist Ideology in Eastern Europe. (London: Routledge 1988), p. 9.
5. V. Stojanovic, "How Can We Explain the Change in Eastern Europe and the USSR?" Lecture given at the University of Calgary, Nov. 15,1991.
6. Vaclav Havel, New Year's Address, 1990
7. as printed in the Toronto Globe and Mail, Jan. 24, 1990.
8. See also Vaclav Havel, Living in Truth. (London: Faber and Faber, 1986).
9. Ralf Dahrendorf, quoted in Vladimir Tismaneanu, Reinventing Politics: Eastern Europe from Stalin to Havel (Macmillan: The Free Press, 1992); p. 244.
10. A poignant and extremely relevant early account of lack of openness and its effect on personality and the quality of life is that of Czeslaw Milosz in The Captive Mind (New York: Vintage Books, 1955). Thanks to Janet Keeping for bringing this source to my attention.
11. Bette Bao Lord, Legacies: A Chinese Mosaic. (New York: Ballantine Books, 1990).
12. Pavel Campeanu, "The Revolt of the Romanians," in The New York Review of Books, Feb. 1, 1990, pp. 30-31.
13. The young woman was one of a number of Romanian citizens interviewed on the CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) news commentary show "The Journal" during January and February 1990.
14. Amos Elton, "East Germany: Crime and Punishment," New York Review of Books. May 14,1992, pp., 6-12.
15. Tismaneanu, Reinventing Politics, p. 250.
16. For pertinent reflections, see Jane Kramer, "Letter from Europe" The New Yorker, May 25, 1992, pp. 60-64;
17. and Trudy Govier, "Reconciliation with the Stasi?" in Peace Magazine, July/Aug., 1994.
18. Samir al-Khalil, Republic of Fear: The Inside Story of Saddam's Iraq (New York: Pantheon Books, 1990); p. 62. The description of hotel lobbies is one al-Khalil quotes from an unidentified journalist.